EP1273811A2 - Dispositif de fixation - Google Patents

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EP1273811A2
EP1273811A2 EP02013848A EP02013848A EP1273811A2 EP 1273811 A2 EP1273811 A2 EP 1273811A2 EP 02013848 A EP02013848 A EP 02013848A EP 02013848 A EP02013848 A EP 02013848A EP 1273811 A2 EP1273811 A2 EP 1273811A2
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Albert Sbongk
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ITW Automotive Products GmbH
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B39/00—Locking of screws, bolts or nuts
    • F16B39/02—Locking of screws, bolts or nuts in which the locking takes place after screwing down
    • F16B39/026—Locking of screws, bolts or nuts in which the locking takes place after screwing down by swaging the nut on the bolt, i.e. by plastically deforming the nut
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B37/00—Nuts or like thread-engaging members
    • F16B37/08—Quickly-detachable or mountable nuts, e.g. consisting of two or more parts; Nuts movable along the bolt after tilting the nut
    • F16B37/0807—Nuts engaged from the end of the bolt, e.g. axially slidable nuts
    • F16B37/0864—Nuts engaged from the end of the bolt, e.g. axially slidable nuts with the threaded portions of the nut engaging the thread of the bolt by pressing or rotating an external retaining member such as a cap, a nut, a ring or a sleeve

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  • the invention relates to a fastening means comprising a threaded bolt and a fastening element adapted to be fastened on the threaded bolt according to claim 1.
  • fastening bolts on which parts can then be mounted, in the automobile car body industry, the ship-building industry, and other applications.
  • those parts are cables, lines, and the like.
  • the fastening bolts are mostly welded thereon and will stand out from the carrier. They normally are threaded. However, it is also known to groove them.
  • Fastening elements of plastic material which can be engagingly pushed over the fastening bolts.
  • the fastening elements are mostly sleeve-like and have inner protrusions which are resilient and engagingly cooperate with the thread of the fastening bolts. It is in this way that the fastening element may be mounted on the bolt by simply pushing it over the bolt or delivering a blow onto it. Removal is possible later, but requires the fastening element to be turned off like a nut.
  • the known fastening means are efficient, but they sometimes have the disadvantage that the fastening element is allowed to rotate on the fastening bolt or rotary forces are not counteracted by a major obstacle.
  • fastening means or fastening element which can be mounted in a particularly firm fashion on a fastening bolt, but can also be removed again and can be used a plurality of times.
  • the inventive fastening element of plastic material comprises two portions which, however, are formed as a unit, particularly in a plastic injection molding process.
  • the first portion is a hollow part having a throughgoing axial passage the cross-section of which is polygonal.
  • the wall of the passage has resilient portions such that they are radially outwardly deformed if the first portion is pushed onto the threaded bolt under a more or less large axial force.
  • the axial force to be exerted here should not be so large that the second element portion which can be sheared off or broken off is released from the first one. Therefore, the prefabricated fastening element may be pre-assembled by pushing it onto the threaded bolt.
  • the annular second portion which is formed to one end of the first portion has an inner cross-section which is dimensioned such that it can be pushed over the outer side of the first portion under radial inward deformation of the resilient wall portions in an engagement with the thread.
  • the thread tips engage the resilient wall portions more or less deeply so that this manner prevents the fastening element from being stripped off the threaded bolt. It is impossible for the resilient wall portions to slip away sidewards because the second element portion prevents them from doing so. If the fastening element is to be removed from the threaded bolt it requires to be unscrewed from the thread of the fastening bolt.
  • the passage of the first element portion is provided with a conical entrance portion at the end opposite to the second element portion.
  • the first element portion is preferably shaped like a cage and, for example, has a plurality of circumferentially spaced ribs or webs extending in an axially parallel manner which undergo radial deformation while striking on the thread of the fastening bolt. Therefore, the diameter of the circle which the insides of the ribs or webs describe is somewhat smaller than the tip diameter of the thread of the threaded bolt. To make it easier to radially deform the ribs, webs or other resilient wall portions, one aspect of the invention provides for axially parallel slots to be located between these portions.
  • the second annular element portion has an inner contour which approximately matches with the outer contour of the first element portion with the contour being preferably non-circular. In this way, a torque which readily is transmitted to the inner element portion can be applied to the outer or second element portion in order to rotate the fastening element. Disassembly is performed by unscrewing it as was mentioned previously. To this effect, the bolt thread cuts its way into the segments or wall portion of the inwardly biased cage. If a cutting element is contemplated at the upper end of the threaded bolt the thread may also be formed in by chip removal. It is possible to screw it on and off for a repeated assembly and disassembly.
  • This interlocking may be made largely unreleasable and, according to another aspect of the invention, may be configured in such a way, for example, that the first element portion, at the end opposed to the second element portion, is formed with a flange to which locking portions are formed, in turn, which extend towards the second element portion with a space to the outer side of the first element portion, and cooperate with a locking recess of the second element portion.
  • Fig. 1 shows the fastening element according to the invention in a side view.
  • Fig. 2 shows a section through the representation of Fig. 1 along line 2-2.
  • Fig. 3 shows a section through the representation of Fig. 1 along line 3-3.
  • Fig. 4 shows a section through the representation of Fig. 2 along line 4-4.
  • Fig. 5 shows the fastening element of Fig. 1 in a side view rotated through 90°.
  • Fig. 6 shows the fastening element of Fig. 1 in a perspective view.
  • Fig. 7 shows how to push the upper element portion over the lower one.
  • Fig. 8 shows a plan view of the fastening means of Fig. 7.
  • Fig. 9 shows a section through the representation of Fig. 8 along line 9-9.
  • Fig. 10 perspectively shows a first application of the fastening element according to the invention.
  • Fig. 11 perspectively shows a second application of the fastening element according to the invention.
  • Fig. 12 shows a bottom view from below the fastening element of Fig. 11.
  • Fig. 13 perspectively shows a third application of the fastening element according to the invention.
  • the fastening element which is shown comprises two portions, i.e. a first or lower portion 10 and a second or upper portion 12. These portions 10 and 12 are interconnected at 14 at the upper end of portion 10 so that they can be broken off.
  • the fastening element is integrally manufactured in an injection molding process.
  • the first or lower element portion 10 comprises a shank 16 in the upper region and a flange 18 formed thereto, in the lower one.
  • the shank 16, which is of a cage type, is parallel to a plurality of bar-shaped portions 20 disposed at a circumferential spacing between which a slot 22 is disposed.
  • the portions 20 and slots 22 extend approximately in parallel with the axis of the shank 16.
  • the bar-shaped portions are slightly bulged outwardly, which gives the shank 16 a cask-like outer contour.
  • the bar-shaped portions 20 are joined to an annular portion 24 at the upper end and to the radial flange 18 at the lower end.
  • the bar-shaped portions are polygonal in cross-section and define an inner or axial passage or channel 28 of a polygonal cross-section which is hexagonal here.
  • the flange 18 has formed thereto diametrically opposed interlocking portions 30, 32 which have an interlocking lug 34 at the upper end. Portions 30, 32 extend upwards approximately in parallel with the shank 16 with a space to this one towards the second element portion 12. The lugs face inwards and a shoulder 36 is formed within portions 30, 32 for a purpose which will be described below.
  • the second element portion 12 is annular or sleeve-like and has an upper portion 40 which possesses a outer hexagon 42 like a hexagon nut for actuation by a screw-driver.
  • Flange portions 42 are formed in the lower region on diametrically opposed sides.
  • Diametrically opposed recesses 44 are formed at an offset of 90° therefrom which extend in parallel and with a space from each other.
  • the passage 28 has a conically flared feed portion 46 in the area of the flange 18.
  • the ribs, segments or bar-shaped portions 20 define an outer hexagonal contour. This can be seen particularly from Fig. 3.
  • the inner hexagonal contour of the portion is fittingly designed in an appropriate way as is depicted at 48 in Fig. 6.
  • a so-called stud bolt 50 is shown which is welded to a carrier which is not shown, e.g. a car body plate or the like, at one end. It has a saw-tooth thread 56.
  • the fastening element illustrated in the preceding Figures is mounted on the stud bolt 50.
  • the prefabricated assembly of Figures 1 through 6 is placed onto the thread 56 of the bolt 50. This does not require any particularly large force. In case of need, assembly can be made with some slight hammer blows until the flange 18 bears against the carrier surface, for example.
  • the fastening element If a disassembly of the fastening element is intended it has to be turned off from the bolt 50. This causes the thread 56 to further cut its way into the segments 20. Subsequently, the fastening element may be screwed onto the bolt again if this is desirable. It is also possible to provide the bolt with a thread-cutting portion at its upper end so that the bolt cuts a thread into the passage 28.
  • a sleeve-like second element portion 12a surrounds a first element portion 10a which internally is provided with segments 20a comparable to the segments 20 of Figures 1 through 9.
  • the segments 20a are disposed in a diametrically opposed relationship with two or three segments each being disposed on one side so that they may be brought into engagement with the thread of the fastening bolt which is not shown.
  • the way of action of the fastening element shown in Fig. 10 is the same as the one described above.
  • a line holder 70 is illustrated with no detailed reference being made to its structure. It is capable of releasably holding spaced two lines.
  • the upper side of the retaining element 20 has centrally disposed thereon a first fastening portion 10a having a series of axially parallel ribs 20b comparable to the segments 20 and 20a of the previously described Figures.
  • the ribs 20a are radially deformable outwardly and may be brought into engagement with the thread of the threaded bolt, which is not shown, when the holder 70 is pushed onto the bolt.
  • a second portion formed to the portion 10a is only outlined at 12a. It corresponds to the portion 12 of Figures 1 through 9, but has no outer hexagon. This coincides with the embodiment of Fig. 10.
  • a first fastening portion is defined in the form of four segments 20c which are connected to the back of a cable or line holder 80.
  • a second portion 12c is pushed over the first portion 10c and the segments 20c to anchor the fastening element to a threaded bolt.
  • the outer contour of the second element portion 12c is polygonal so as to enable a tool to engage in order to screw the holder 80 off the threaded bolt.

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EP02013848A 2001-07-07 2002-06-22 Dispositif de fixation Expired - Lifetime EP1273811B1 (fr)

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DE10133063A DE10133063B4 (de) 2001-07-07 2001-07-07 Befestigungsvorrichtung und Befestigungselement

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CA2392443A1 (fr) 2003-01-07
EP1273811B1 (fr) 2006-08-09
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